Masut, California

{{Short description|Former Pomo settlement in California, U.S.}}

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Masut (also, Ma-su-ta-kea and Masu-ta-kaya) was a former Pomo settlement in Mendocino County, California,{{gnis|1724212}} It was located {{convert|3|mi|km}} northwest of Calpella. The same name was also given to a band of the Pomo people associated with the settlement.

The Masut Pomo are known to have traveled widely,{{citation

| last = Basgall | first = Mark E.

| date = Summer 1979

| issue = 1

| journal = Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology

| jstor = 27824954

| pages = 178–182

| title = To Trade, or Not to Trade: a Pomo Example

| volume = 1}} sometimes traveling as far as 50 miles to Clear Lake to quarry obsidian and magnesite with the permission of other Pomo who owned the quarries there.{{citation

| last1 = Heizer | first1 = R. F.

| last2 = Treganza | first2 = A. E.

| contribution = Mines and quarries of the Indians of California

| date = December 1971

| doi = 10.1525/9780520340497-029

| pages = 346–359

| publisher = University of California Press

| title = The California Indians}}